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Cliff Lipson / CBS / Getty The Quietest Emmys Speech Was the Loudest
After winning her award, Michaela Coel delivered the rare message meant for those outside the glitzy room in which she stood.
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Getty; Arsh Raziuddin / The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: This Year’s Eclectic Emmy Nominations
The past year was weird. So are this year’s Emmy nominations. Then: What gets counted as a breakthrough COVID-19 case?
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The Atlantic Daily: ‘The U.S. Is Simply Not Ready for Big Films to Return’
It’s only Tuesday, but it’s already been a newsy week for Hollywood.
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Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP Game of Thrones’ Muted Victory Lap at the Emmys
The fantasy series picked up the night’s big award—a trophy for Outstanding Drama Series—but lost in most of the other major categories.
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Phil McCarten / Invision / AP The Emmys Tried to Have 30 Hosts
An autopsy of an awards show without the cohesion of an emcee
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Phil McCarten / Invision / AP The Plea in Michelle Williams’s Emmys Speech
Her award for Fosse/Verdon, the actor said, was “an acknowledgment of what is possible when a woman is trusted.”
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Phil McCarten / Invision / AP A ‘Ridiculous’ Emmys Night for Fleabag
The acclaimed series created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge swept the comedy category, beating out heavyweights such as Veep and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
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Richard Shotwell / Invision / AP Emmy Nominations 2019: HBO Ascendant
Game of Thrones dominated a surprisingly open-minded slate of nods that recognized critical favorites.
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Mario Anzuoni / Reuters Does Anybody at the Emmys Know What the Word Diversity Means?
In simply joking and pontificating about an absent diversity, the awards show missed yet another opportunity to begin reflecting.
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Eric Jamison / Invision for the Television Academy … The Slow Death of the Red-Carpet Show
The pre-show before the 2018 Emmy Awards seemed to be confused about its own point.
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Mario Anzuoni / Reuters The Much-Needed Shock of That Emmys Marriage Proposal
The director of a famously chaotic Oscars injected some surprise into an otherwise dull awards show.
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NBC Colin Jost and Michael Che’s Lackluster Emmys Monologue
The dual hosts of the TV Academy’s awards looked less than thrilled to be onstage, and even their Saturday Night Live chemistry was lacking.
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Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP The Emmys Should Be Political
The past year has proved, over and over again, that TV is defined by misbehavior. Awards shows shouldn’t ignore that fact.
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Jordan Strauss / Invision for the Television Academy … Your 2018 Emmys Crash Course
A roundup of all The Atlantic’s best stories to get up to speed in time for TV’s biggest awards show
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Richard Shotwell / Invision / AP John Legend’s EGOT and the Seduction of Symbolic Racial Progress
Are the singer’s Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony wins signposts of meaningful change within the entertainment industry or false flags?
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FX The Emmys Don’t Get Modern TV
The Television Academy still define shows as comedies or dramas. Creators and networks don’t.
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Matt Sayles / AP Images Emmy Nominations 2018: Netflix Takes Over
For the first time, the streaming service received more total nods than HBO, ending the premium-cable channel’s 17-year domination.
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